Prolific Productivity: The Secret Habits of Pablo Picasso

Lessons on prolific productivity

Thomas Oppong
Personal Growth
Published in
4 min readAug 13, 2022

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The ability to see the big picture and execute small improvements is one of the greatest strengths of the human mind.

This combination of abstract thinking, effective observation and execution is what makes some people so successful.

Pablo Picasso was a prolific artist. He was a renowned 20th-century painter who is often called the “genius” of his time because of his unique ability to transform raw artistic materials into beautiful and original works. To say that he left an impact on the world would be a massive understatement.

Picasso is known for his progressive masterpieces that captured the human form with powerful lines and perspectives. However, what many people don’t realize is that he was also a brilliant mind who developed a new way of thinking about progress.

In his words and actions, Picasso demonstrated how making progress is possible without losing your connection to nature or your sense of artistic value.

While we will never have his level of creativity or success in our field (or any other), we can learn from how he made progress almost every day.

Creativity isn’t a rare quality, but it isn’t easy to sustain. Creative people…

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Thomas Oppong
Personal Growth

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